Sudden Glimpse
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This story uses one of the characters from the Sailor V manga, Natsuna
Sakurada. She was a police chief in that and she chased after Sailor V
throughout the manga. ^^ She collected a lot of things about her and
kept them in her office. You never do find out what happens to her after
the Sailor V manga, so this should hopefully wrap things up for her.
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Present Tokyo
Minako walked to the end of the hallway, although she wasn't known as
Minako anymore. She was known as her alias, Venus. She was a Sailorsenshi.
She wasn't thirteen years old anymore. She wasn't living in her own little
world. She wasn't able to play volleyball anymore and she wasn't able to
date anyone since the small cresent-moon-baldspotted kitty walked into her
life and told her of her past. She was forever changed by that one act. She
remembered her past, she remembered her present, she remembered period. And
that one act had so much pain into her life that she was tired of living.
Even though it had been many years since she left the trail of Sailor V
behind her she was still a remembrance of her life. Even if no one else
cared to remember, like the many idols that she had honored and discarded.
But, she also supposed that it wasn't exactly Artemis' fault that she had
been given her curse of eternal loneliness. It was, in fact, her
protector's fault. . The man who had told her he was to protect her always
and then with his dying words left her with almost nothing. No hopes of
ever being loved and no hopes of ever feeling the happiness that she always
saw in her princess' face whenever she looked into Mamoru's eyes. It was
the one thing that made her hate Serenity. But, in all her life, no matter
what the hate never lasted. Just as she never hated Adonis for what he did
to her, because he was heartbroken and lost. Just as she was now, and
because she could understand what he felt in those last few years of the
silver millennium when he had to watch her love grow for a man that
ultimately lead to the end of the happiest times of human existence.
Past Silver Millennium
"Serenity what are you doing her in the Terra sector?" Venus yelled
grabbing onto one of the pigtails that cascaded down Serenity's back. The
girl looked to Venus with sobbing eyes, she sighed and cliched onto
Endymion.
"Venus don't make me go now," she yelled in her honeyed voice, "I really
want to stay here with the Prince."
"No," Venus said grabbing the princess from the prince's hands. " Are you
crazy? Your mother would kill me if you stayed here! She'd have my rank
stripped and I'd never ever be able to show my face at my home planet!"
"It's all about you isn't it," Serenity said half meaning it, half-joking.
"No I'm just trying to get you to try and not act so childish!" Venus
yelled, "'You are almost eighteen years old, and able to take over for your
mother as soon as possible. You know that you are not a child and I know it
you have to act with some rational thought don't you?"
"You aren't my mother!" she yelled tugging her hand away from her
protector's grip.
"It must be hard," another male voice intruded into her ears and Venus
swirled around to find out who it was. "Having a bundle of curiosity for a
princess."
"Kunzite!" Endymion yelled at his guard for having such a loose tongue.
Venus blushed slightly and ducked her head at the Lord Generals presence.
Venus is shy? He thought, This take-charge-ask-no-questions-girl is shy?
"No need for formalities around Lord Generals now is there?" Kunzite
asked more to Venus then the others. Venus pushed back a strand of hair.
"No there isn't," she said, "we are equal and should be treated that
way."
Then the girl seemed to remember her meaning for being there. "Isn't it
Serenity?" She reached out and grabbed the princess's pigtail again and
shoved the girl into the moon transfer beam. Not exactly hurting her
because she had also grabbed the girls arm in the process. She wasn't about
to give the princess the benefit of hiding behind the prince again.
When the girls left the Lord General turned to his Prince Endymion. He
smiled and shook his head laughing at something that he thought was funny.
Perplexed the Prince asked what was so funny to the guard.
"Nothing Prince," he said, " She must really care for you if she is ready
to make her protector so angry at her for endangering her life."
"What do you mean?" he asked, "She is safe here. I can protect her."
"You are young and naïve," Kunzite said, "You do not know how dangerous
it is here. How much protection you and Serenity get from the generals and I.
Venus is only doing her job by protecting and scolding her princess. She is
scared. You are a threat. No matter how much you love Serenity you can not
save her from everything. This planet is still under sedge. It is still not
safe from all of the dangers that exist. Don't you wonder why the King and
Queen, your parents, allow you to visit the moon so often?
"No," Endymion said, " They have never put up much of a fight." Kunzite
nodded his head and motioned for Endymion to follow him.
"It's because you are almost completely safe in the Moon Kingdom."
Kunzite
answered, "Queen Serenity has vowed to care for and protect the planet
Earth and all the people inside it. Because you are the highest order
prince in this land and caretaker for the people you are the most valuable
entity in this day. You will not live to see Serenity age. She is immortal
you know that, don't you? She will live only to see you die, and you to
become jealous of the fact that she will be forever young. It is a doomed
match from the start and I do not agree to it flourishing any longer. You
will get no help from me or from the other generals to see her, and if we
see her again I have to close all gateways to the Moon Kingdom.
"What!" the young prince yelled a look of total horror on his face, "You
do not have to power!" Kunzite sighed he turned staring in complete
seriousness.
"Yes," Kunzite said, "I have the power to cut off all traveling and all
people from seeing you at all. I have the power to create a total hell on
earth for you if needed. I will do anything I need to protect you and the
princess. If you do not understand that then you are in for a amazing treat
to hear that reality is not all fun and games." Endymion stared at his
'friend'. The man he trusted with his life, and inside he knew that the man
was only doing this to protect them his maturity level wasn't at all at
it's highest. He yelled at Kunzite, and threatened to denounce the Lord
General from his rank. Then he stalked off, and Kunzite was left alone.
"Ah to be young again," Kunzite said even though the age difference
between him and Endymion was about three years the phrase was meant as a
joke.
"They do no seem to understand how much we care for them," Venus said,
her
voice making the Lord General to spin around and stare into the sad eyes of
Sailor Venus. They where cold and piercing, as if everything that Kunzite
had just thought about in relativity to maturity flew out the window at the
mere sight of them. She wasn't looking at him, but in the direction that
Endymion had exited from.
"True," he replied as soon as he had gotten the nerve, " They do not
understand what we must go through to give them the life that they so badly
want."
"Even so," Venus said, "If apart of that happiness means we must sacrifice
them to love one another are we hurting them by separating them? My whole
planet's meaning for existing is to give love to the planets surrounding
us. I'm going against all of my principals of I separate them like this. I
can't stand not giving them the love that they apparently have. Am I wrong
for doing so?" Kunzite looked at her and how she was so close to tears. It
made him upset to see her that way. In fact it almost killed him to see her
that way.
"I don't know," he answered, "So much can be compromised by doing so. I'd
hate to put your princess in so much danger. I know that they love each
other, but it is too much to just let them be together without thought for
everyone else."
"Perhaps," she said, " I can allow it in the confines of the Moon Kingdom
walls. I will have to talk to the other senshi, but I need to talk to you
first. He is, after all, your top priority."
"I don't know it's a lot to consider." Kunzite answered watching Venus
get
up and walk away. She tossed him a small pen with her planets' symbol. It
was orange and about the height and weight of a regular ballpoint pen.
"Press the handle and you will be able to speak to me at anytime you need
to. It is untraceable, and no one will be able to hack in to our systems
when you make the call. If needed you may have the generals talk to me as
well. I don't have it all figured out though, and I need more time. Okay?
Goodbye." Then she turned and left.
Present Tokyo
"Venus-sama," Diana's voice interrupted Minako's thoughts into the Silver
Millennium. She turned to the small gray kitten that sat next to her with a
worried expression on her tiny kitty face. She smiled at the
acknowledgement of the elder senshi to her person.
"Are you alright Venus-sama? You are so quiet right now." Minako sighed and
stared at the tiny violet-gray eyes of the kitten smiling and purring a
happy tune into her head. Minako padded the kitten between her ears and
smiled happily.
"I am alright Diana," she said quietly taking into account that the
kitten
had thought of her, "You are just like your father, Diana-chan. As sweet
and worried as ever, and taking time out to see if I'm okay. Your such a
sweetie thank you Diana." Diana smiled and then shook her head as quickly
as possible, as if she was trying to remember the reason why she had come
to Minako's room at all.
"There is a man here waiting for you," she said in a whisper, "He is
accompanied by Mamoru-san. He says that you should come down quickly so
that you may speak with him." Minako jumped up with a sudden bolt of
electricity.
"He knows you talk?" she asked the kitten quickly grabbing her by the
shoulders and bringing her close to her face.
"Yes Venus-sama he does", Diana said, " Papa isn't home right now may I
come with you Venus-sama? Please?" Minako stood taking Diana into her arms
and placing her onto her shoulders to rest.
"I wouldn't feel safe without you." Minako walked down the flight of
steps
on her way to the living room, she was almost shaking because of what Diana
had told her. She was scared to know that Mamoru-sama had brought someone
to her house, and that this person knew that Diana could talk no less. Who
was he? She turned a ways to see Mamoru sitting down and reading the report
that she had written for her English college class the week before. It had
been on the American favorite, "The Scarlet Letter". It was like the
American's reading the many favorite poets and writers of Minako's time for
their school assignment in their Japanese classes.
"Mamoru-sama?" she said in her soft voice, "Can I help you?" He looked up
at her and smiled. He closed the report and pointed at the 'A' printed in
the front.
"Very good Minako," he said, "I'm proud of you." Minako smiled and
stepped to the bottom of the stairs.
"And, yet I know that you didn't come down to congratulate me on my
English report," she said. Mamoru smiled and stood up letting the report
lay on the table.
"Your right," he said, "I am afraid I have a job for you. You are the
only one I felt fit to have do this for me."
"Like what Mamoru-sama," she said, "You only seem to beat around the
bush, and I can't help if you won't tell me what's wrong."
"It's ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Mamoru said, looking down quickly and sat
down. "I am worried about them."
"Why?" she said looking around her room looking for the other man Diana
was talking about.
"They're in love you know," he said bluntly.
"Of course I do," Minako answered, "I'm surprised you know. It's only been
a few months maybe a year by now. I haven't been keeping track of any of it."
"Why do you think they're so secretive about these things?"
"Maybe because ChibiUsa is the Neo-Princess of Crystal Tokyo, and Hotaru
is just a senshi. Only there to protect ChibiUsa not love her."
"That should make no difference," Mamoru began, but Minako placed her
fingers on his mouth.
"It does," she said, "It makes a big time difference, and if ChibiUsa is to
marry anyone it would be a crowned prince. Someone like Elios, and not a
senshi. You don't understand much about things like this because you
fell in love with a crowned princess. You didn't have to worry about things
like this, ChibiUsa does. What would you do if she came up to you and told
you that she was in love with a girl, and a senshi no less. If it had been
you or Princess Serenity you would have been banned from seeing Serenity.
It's kind of the same thing here, understand?"
"No, I don't understand but then again my memories are clouded," he looked
down thinking a second before answering, "You where one of the only ones
who have received almost all of your memories. I can't even remember my life
now, let alone my memories then."
"Perhaps I should talk to them," Minako said.
"No," Mamoru protested, "I do not want them to know that we know. I want
them to tell us when they're ready."
Minako looked confused. "I don't really know what I could do if you
don't want me to talk to them."
Mamoru shook his head. "I know that there's something you can do.
They need to understand that they can tell us that they're in love. But they
have to be ready to tell us."
"Hmmm...." Minako thought about the situation for a bit. "It's
getting dark out. Maybe I can come up with something if I sleep on it."
"Thank you, Minako. I really appreciate this. ChibiUsa's afraid of
the consequences of being in love with Hotaru. Even though she's the
princess I want her to know that everything will be fine," Mamoru sighed
wearily. "I just wish there was more I could do."
Minako smiled. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure we'll think of
something."
"Oh, before I go I wanted you to talk to someone." Mamoru called for
someone. A man walked around the corner. Minako gasped as she saw who it
was.
Meanwhile, Hotaru and ChibiUsa's thoughts were far from the
discussion Minako and Mamoru were having. They were both at the house where
ChibiUsa lived with Usagi's family. The two girl's were locked in a
passionate embrace on the couch. The lights were off and the only
illumination was the moonlight that filtered in through the windows. Their
tongues dueled as their hands roamed each other's bodies, the thin fabric of
their clothes the only barrier between them.
They froze when they heard footsteps leading towards them. They
pulled away quickly. Hotaru was smoothing out her skirt as the footsteps
approached them. ChibiUsa was looking down nervously.
ChibiUsa looked up. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was Shingo,
Usagi's little brother, and it didn't look like he'd seen anything. "What
are you two doing out here with all the lights off?" he asked.
"Nothing," ChibiUsa answered immediately. "We were about to go
upstairs. We were talking."
Shingo stared at her oddly for a moment before shrugging. He sat
down on the couch by them and turned the TV on. Hotaru and ChibiUsa both got
up.
"We're probably off to bed now," Hotaru said with an exaggerated
yawn.
Shingo looked at the clock. "It isn't that late."
"Yeah, well, we're going back to my room anyway. Goodnight, Shingo,"
ChibiUsa said.
Shingo waved to them as they walked upstairs.
"You know, one of these days we're going to get caught," Hotaru
stated matter-of-factly.
ChibiUsa sighed. "We should be more careful. I forget where I am
when you're around so its hard to remember."
Hotaru smiled, glad to have that affect on the pink haired girl. "I
know what you mean. I wouldn't really mind if we got caught, though. At
least we wouldn't have to hide it so much. Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa
don't hide it like we do."
ChibiUsa sighed again. "I know, but that's a different situation. I
haven't even been born yet in this time. That and I've always been told what
responsibilities I have to the kingdom because I'm I have to one day be its
queen. I'm pretty sure that I've already messed with a few of those
responsibilities when we fell in love."
Hotaru stroked her cheek gently. "ChibiUsa, please don't worry. I'm
sure everything will be fine. No matter what happens, I'll be here with you.
Even if everyone wanted us apart."
ChibiUsa put her hand atop Hotaru's. "I love you, Taru-chan." She
hugged the dark haired girl to her.
Hotaru returned the warm embrace. "I love you, too, Odango-chan."
They held onto each other reassuringly, knowing the other was there
for them. They stayed that way for hours as they talked before finally
falling asleep together.
*******Minako's Place
Minako sat watching the man before her pace back and forth trying to
reclaim his thoughts on what brought him here. She could only stare though.
Because the shock that he was here probably made her speechless, and the past
was still fresh in her memories. It made her so uneasy to be around him, and
what made her even more uneasy was the fact that he was supposed to be dead.
He walked around his long, shoulder length, silver hair tied back into a
ponytail. His crystal gray eyes flittering in the dark light. Kunzite...she
thought, why are you here? Her eyes lined with tears and she was about to
cry if she hadn't held her breath and waited for the feeling to go away. She
stopped though. Then he stopped and stared at her for a few seconds and went
to her to comfort her. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her
on her forehead.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Her eyes trying not to deceive her from
giving away her thoughts.
"I thought you where dead," Minako said slipping herself away from
him. "Why are you here?"
"Because I was reborn," Kunzite answered. "When you helped kill
Queen Beryl I was released from the bonds of being her slave. So where the
other generals. But, they won't be reborn."
"Why?" she asked,"Why are you here?"
"Because I heard you." Kunzite said, "I heard you calling for me in
your dreams. About the silver Millennium. I heard you calling for help. So I
came."
"Then you know about ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Minako said recalling
her conversation with Mamoru. “You about them and my mission."
"Yes," Kunzite said, "I am also here to help you with that."
"How?"
"We send them back to Crystal Tokyo. We let them see what it's like
in the future. Let them talk to their future-selves and realize that they can
tell Mamoru-sama about their secret. I can help you know."
"Send them back?"
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Hotaru woke up first. She blinked several times as she slowly woke up.
Something felt different. Her left arm was asleep, but that wasn't it. It as
pinned under the familiar weight of her pink haired lover. She flexed her
fingers, feeling a tingle throughout her arm. She slowly tried to pull her arm
out from under ChibiUsa. She finally gave up after a couple minutes. She sighed
before kissing ChibiUsa's cheek.
"ChibiUsa-chan," Hotaru said as she gently shook the other girl. Hotaru
heard noises from another room. They were different from the sounds she usually
woke up to. A type of happy chaos she'd grown to find comforting. The sounds
of her Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, and Haruka-papa all going about their
business. The sounds she heard were still happy, but not the same. She couldn't
quite put her finger on what was different, though.
When she started shaking ChibiUsa again, she realized the sheets
covering them weren't her sheets. She relaxed a bit when she remembered that
they'd fallen asleep in ChibiUsa's room. The relief was short-lived however, as
she looked around the room. The room was much bigger than ChibiUsa's and
lavishly decorated. There were a lot of lamps in the room and trinkets lying
around the room collected over the years by the people who lived there.
"ChibiUsa," Hotaru said louder, shaking the pink haired girl more
urgently. "Wake up."
"Mmmm..." ChibiUsa rolled over with her back to Hotaru. Hotaru managed
to get her hand out from under the other girl, freeing it. She moved he arm
around trying to work the feeling back into it. Hotaru sighed in frustration.
She was worried about where they were. She'd feel a lot better if ChibiUsa
was awake. She needed the reassurance the other girl's presence always gave
her.
"Odango-chan, please wake up," Hotaru said desperately.
"What?" ChibiUsa asked sleepily.
"Get up," the dark haired girl said, relief evident in her voice.
ChibiUsa hesitated for a moment, not wanting to leave the comfort of
sleep.
"ChibiUsa," she heard the other girl say again.
"Okay, I'm up." ChibiUsa sat up groggily, wiping the sleep from her
eyes. She blushed and pulled the sheet up around her as she realized her
state of undress. Hotaru would have found it cute if she wasn't so worried.
ChibiUsa looked closely at the dark haired girl for a moment.
"What's the matter?" she asked. Hotaru looked so nervous. ChibiUsa hoped
nothing was wrong. She felt an icy pit form in her stomach as she saw the
frightened look on Hotaru's face.
"Do you know where we are?" Hotaru asked her.
The pink haired girl looked around the room for a minute. "We're
in Crystal Tokyo. We're in the palace, but I'm not sure what room." She
began to lie back down on the bed, glad to have answered Hotaru's question.
She felt relieved that it wasn't anything big.
Hotaru grabbed her arm to keep ChibiUsa in a sitting position.
"Then why are we in Crystal Tokyo? We were in your room back in the present
last night, remember?"
ChibiUsa looked around the room again nervously, now fully awake.
Why were they in ChibiUsa's time? Had her mother brought them there? If
that was it, then why was Hotaru there with her? Did her mother already
know about them? Had Setsuna brought them? ChibiUsa's head began to swim
with unanswered questions.
Hotaru got up and took a closer look as she walked around the
room while she waited for ChibiUsa to get her bearings. It was the pink
haired girl's time period after all. For some reason, the room was oddly
familiar and calming. Something caught her eye about some of the lamps.
She inspected it closely, shocked by what she'd found.
"I think I know where we are," ChibiUsa said happily. "They must
have moved all my things to a new room and this is it. Kind of like a
surprise for when I got back." She lifted up a stuffed bunny doll from off
the bed. "I had this on my bed here in the palace when I went back to the
past. I felt bad because I'd forgotten to bring it along." She smiled and
hugged the bunny to her bare chest.
"That's can't be it," Hotaru replied.
ChibiUsa looked up, confused. "Why not?"
"Because this is one of the lamps I collected. It's one of my
favorites."
"Then where are we?" ChibiUsa got up and walked over to the other
girl.
"Well, wherever we are, someone must know we're here." The dark
haired girl said thoughtfully.
"This is too strange. Why would I be brought back here while I
was asleep?" ChibiUsa asked.
"I have no idea, Odango-chan. I'm sure someone can tell us what's
going on, though." Hotaru thought about it for a moment.
"My mom should know. She might even be the one who had us brought
here." ChibiUsa tried to keep the nervousness out of her voice. If it was
her mother that had brought them both then she probably knew that they
were together. ChibiUsa wasn't sure if she was ready to talk to her mom
about that.
"Good. Hopefully she can help us," Hotaru said, feeling a little
better about there current situation.
ChibiUsa stepped forward and opened the door. The two girls stepped
out of the room. Before they could do anything, a little maroon haired
girl ran up to them.
"Mama! Mama! Shisa won't leave me alone!" The little maroon
haired girl ran up to the two of them looking about ready to cry. She
looked like she was about five or six and her hair was done up in odangos
with pigtails coming out from them.
Hotaru and ChibiUsa stood there, not sure what they should do. The
little girl looked up at them with big, teary eyes, waiting for them to say
something.
Another little girl ran up to them before they could decide what to
do. She had darker hair than they other one and she wore glasses. Her hair
almost reached her shoulders. "Selene doesn't understand," Shisa said. "I
just wanted us to play, but she's been trying to ignore me."
Hotaru and ChibiUsa stared at the two children for a moment. ChibiUsa
turned to look at Hotaru, waiting for the other girl to say something. Hotaru
looked back at her and shrugged helplessly.
"Mama? Are you okay?" Selene asked, sounding frightened. "Why are
you smaller?"
Shisa looked at the two of them as well. "Yeah. What happened?"
"Its okay," ChibiUsa said soothingly, trying not to worry the two
girls.
"And mama, your hair isn't as long as it used to be." Shisa added as
she looked at ChibiUsa.
The two girls turned to Hotaru, but they couldn't notice anything
different about her other than her size. They turned in unison to look at
ChibiUsa again.
"Its a bit confusing," Hotaru said reassuringly. "We don't really
know what's going on either. But don't worry. I'm certain that everything's
fine." Hotaru put a hand on both of their shoulders and smiled. The two
girls seemed to relax slightly. "Could I ask you a question?"
Shisa nodded. "Okay."
"Who are your parents?" Hotaru asked anxiously.
The two girls shared distraught looks before Selene answered.
"You two are."
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Minako walked down the corridors from the palaces marbled floors."How
did that happen?" Minako asked aloud. Her thoughts were in a jumble. 'Maybe
I shouldn't have come to the future,' she thought to herself. 'No. I'm the
Senshi of love. I wanted to help Hotaru and ChibiUsa. But why did I
have to find out who I got with? Setsuna will kill me if she finds out that I
know. I just had to know, didn't I?' she asked herself. After meeting Kunzite
again in the past, she thought that he might very well be the man she'd marry.
When Hotaru and ChibiUsa had been sent to the future, she decided to go too so
she could help them, and possibly find out who she ended up with while she was
there. Her love life never worked out for her and now she finally had renewed
hope for it. And with Kunzite's reappearance, she had a burning curiosity to
find out how things would turn out for her. This had all made her start thinking
about the past again, but she'd never thought that a certain part of her past
would be such a big part of her future.
When she'd gone to find out who her one true love really was, she'd seen
her future self in the arms of Natsuna Sakurada. Natsuna had been a police chief
when Minako was Sailor V and she'd fallen in love with Sailor V. Minako had only
been thirteen at the time compared to Natsuna who had been about ten years older
than her. It hardly seemed to matter to Natsuna, though. She'd quickly had some
of her officers out trying to get Sailor V so she could talk with her. It had
frightened Minako to have the older woman chase after her like that. Eventually
she'd even found out that Sailor V was Minako. Things between the two of them
had left off unresolved because Minako's family had moved to England a short
time afterward. She was shocked to find out what had become of that whole
situation. The idea scared her. Had she really been in love with Natsuna all
this time? She wished Artemis was there. She stopped before the ornate doors
of what she was fairly certain were the group of rooms Hotaru and ChibiUsa
shared with their daughters. She'd asked a bit about the future and for the
directions from her future self so she'd be prepared to help the two younger
girls. She'd planned on asking her future self about what had happened between
her and Natsuna, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything about it. She
took a deep breath and composed herself before entering the room.
When she opened the doors to the bedroom she saw Shisa and Selene
jumping up and down trying to get the two naked girls to comply with their
needs. She smiled and cleared her throat trying to get the attention of the
two tiny girls. They stopped and looked at her.
"V-sama!" Shisa yelled jumping to Venus' arms and kissing her on the
cheek in adorance. Selene pulled on Minako's fuku.
"V-sama, Shisa is being mean to me again," Selene whined, sticking her
tongue out at Shisa.
"You two know better then to just barge in on your parents like that,"
Minako said. Shisa stuck her tongue out at Selene and looked triumphantly at
Minako. "And, you know that Selene doesn't always like your games. You have
to leave her alone sometimes. Try and practice your senshi skills with Jupiter and
Mars."
"V-sama," Shisa yelled, "I want to practice with you!"
"Later Shisa," Minako said. "Just leave us now." The girls left and
Minako closed the doors to the bedroom and smiled at the two nervous, naked
girls. Hotaru had pulled the sheet over the girls and held her close to the
corner."Why are you two hiding from me? You've been married quite a while now."
"M-married?" ChibiUsa asked. "What do you mean married? We're only
sixteen!"
"Not in this world your not ChibiUsa-chan." Minako said, handing over
the clothes to a hamper, and turned and pulled out a gown that resembled
Serenity's princess gown. She turned to ChibiUsa and grabbed her away from the
sheet. She pushed the dress on her and released her hair from the tangled
odangos. She began to brush the hair very gently, and when the tangles where
gone she turned to Hotaru. Hotaru stared at her from the sheet and watched her
pull out another dress that resembled a senshi's attire but was decorated with
tiny sequins that where shaped like tiny moons and stars. In the middle of her
bow was a small locket that had the Saturn and Moon symbol on it. In the middle
of the symbols was a tiny crystal that was colored black with silver lining on
it. Hotaru put on the dress and boots that laced up her legs almost to her
knees.
"How do you know we're not from this world," Hotaru asked, "How come
your being so calm about this?"
"Because I am from your world 'Taru." Minako said, "I am only posing
like you and ChibiUsa. There is much that you need to know. Those two girls are
the new princess' of Crystal Tokyo, they are your daughters."
"Look at us Mina-san," Hotaru said, "We're girls. How can we have
children?"
"Ever heard of cloning? It's kinda like that but a bit harder to
understand. Let's just say they've done a lot between our time and this one."
"Then how did you get here Mina-san?" ChibiUsa asked "How did you
get to the Future Tokyo?"
"I was helped just like you two where," Minako smiled, "By someone
you'd never guess."
ChibiUsa & Hotaru both looked at her. Minako sighed. "Its pretty
confusing. Trust me."
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"Natsuna" Venus' voice breathed in the ear of her lovers. She kissed her
sweetly on the cheek, tracing the jaw line of her face with her gloved hand.
Natsuna smiled sweetly her hair spilled over the fluffy pillows that littered
their bed. She reached up pulling Minako's face to her own, kissing her fully on
the mouth.
"I missed you today lover where have you been?" she asked, "I thought you
would teaching the girls how to use their powers by now."
"Not today," Venus said, "Today is our day to be together. You know that,
it's our anniversary." She traced Natsuna's creamy white breast with her
fingertips bringing shivers down her spine. She loved every minute of this.
Making her lover shiver underneath her touch and kisses. Strange how it just
seemed so right after having shared so much with Natsuna in her past, Minako was
able to share the future as well. It was perfect.
But there was the unresolved issue of Kunzite. What would he do if he
found her younger self wondering around. It wasn't like it was easy for him to
let go of the fact that she and Natsuna where married. He'd always believed that
they would get together and stay together no matter. Much Usagi and Mamoru's
relationship, but in the end she couldn't wait for true love of the past to come
to her. When there was the chance of being with such a sweet human being as
well. She just hoped that her younger self could understand that so
early.Chibi-Usa and Hotaru must be awakening by now, she thought, I wonder what
their reaction on their faces are right now....
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"Minako, what's going on?" ChibiUsa asked her worriedly.
Minako hesitated before replying. Maybe Setsuna should be doing all
this. She was the Senshi of Time after all. "Well, you two have been hiding
your relationship for a while now. You shouldn't do that. The rest of us
care about you and all we want is for the two of you to be happy. So I thought
if you saw the future, or at least some of it, you'll realize that you can
tell all of us about the two of you without worrying."
"We've already told my parents," Hotaru said.
"Yeah, but you've been dating for a while now and you haven't told
any of the rest of us. We wish you didn't think you needed to hide from us,"
Minako explained.
"Wait, how do you know, then?" ChibiUsa asked.
"I am the Senshi of Love you know." Minako smiled.
Hotaru sat down on the plush couch near them, shocked from all that
she'd heard. ChibiUsa sat down by her and put an arm around Hotaru, drawing
her close. Both girls needed comfort from each other at the moment. Things
seemed so strange. "I can't believe we have daughters," Hotaru said, amazed.
"I never thought we'd be able to. I can't believe it."
"So they're me and Taru's daughters?" ChibiUsa asked.
"Yes. They are the children you wind up having," Minako said.
ChibiUsa sat in silence. She'd been so worried about what her mother
would think about her getting with Hotaru. Hotaru was a girl, so ChibiUsa had
thought she wouldn't be able to have an heir. Now it seemed that there wasn't
anything for her mother to worry about other than Hotaru being a Sailor
Senshi.
"They were so sweet. Will we be able to see them again before we leave?"
Hotaru asked Minako.
"I'm really not sure. You might," was all Minako could answer.
"So they're like clones? Is one a clone of ChibiUsa and one a clone of
me? Or are they both a mix of the two of us?" Hotaru asked.
"I don't know. I really don't know much other than what my future self
told me. Besides, its probably better that you two don't know about things like
that anyway." Minako started thinking about Natsuna again after she mentioned
her future self. She shook her head and tried to stay focused on the two
younger girls in front of her.
"Are you okay?" ChibiUsa looked at Minako oddly.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something," Minako said,
sounding distant.
"This is a lot farther than the future I'm from," ChibiUsa remarked.
Minako laughed. "Its not as far into your future as you think."
ChibiUsa blushed a little at the idea of getting married and having
children so soon. Hotaru looked happy about the whole thing.
"What should we do while we're here in the future?" Hotaru asked
confused.
"You should probably talk to your future selves. That way you can
see that there really isn't anything for the two of you to worry about. You
should talk to some of us, too, and see how we handled finding out about
the two of you. You might be surprised about how things have happened to the
rest of us. I know I am." Minako stood up to leave. "I've got to go for now."
"Where are you going?" ChibiUsa asked her.
"I've got a lot on my mind. I've got to think. Good luck to you both.
Ja!" Minako quickly walked out the door, leaving ChibiUsa and Hotaru once again
alone in the room.
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Minako wondered the sweet smelling halls until she reached the source.
Makoto was cooking again and the smell drove Minako crazy. It was so nice having
the familiarity of her friends habits then the cold harshness of this world. She
slipped inside hoping to grab a tiny cookie from the steaming batch next to the
unsuspecting Makoto. But, just as she was able clasp one in her grasp Makoto's
spoon slammed her hand down with a rap.
"Ow! Makoto what did you do that for!" Minako whined, she looked at
the upset Makoto her green eyes flaring slightly.
"Venus, you know you can't have those." Makoto told her, "And since when
did you start calling me by my given name. You know we only call each other by
our senshi names."
"Sorry," Minako said tapping her hand with her finger, "Stupidity
leak." Makoto smiled slightly at her friends gesture.
"So why aren't you with Natsuna?" Maoto asked. "She was looking for you
a little while ago."
"Oh I have some thinking to do," Minako said, "It is our anniversary,
and I can't think of anything to do with her right now." Makoto turned to her
again after having checked the cookies one last time. She reached over and
offered one to her friend.
"Yeah I can't believe it's been so long since you and her got together."
Makoto answered, "You and her where one strange couple I tell you. She was
always after with her crush and you where always looking in all the wrong
places."
"You mean Kunzite?" Minako asked.
"Yeah you and the rest of us where always looking for them to come
back and be with us. But, we soon found out that that was just a dumb pipe
dream."
"And where is your lover Jupiter-sama?" Minako asked.
"Probably up in the training grounds again testing the newest
simulation atmospheres. They're a work of art don't you think?" Makoto asked.
Minako rubbed her neck slightly, as if to show physical pain.
"Yeah what can I say it's a work out," Minako answered, "Not like the
training we did with Luna and Artemis." So, Minako thought, Jupiter and the rest
are in the same boat as I am. The generals are apparently not our husbands like
they where in the past. But, like me, it's people who had a large influence in
our lives. My don't I feel special...
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"Hi, Venus-san!" a little girl said as she ran into the room. She had
short blue hair and light green eyes. She looked like she was around Shisa and
Selene's age.
"Hi..." Minako said, unsure. 'Another one?' she thought.
"Hello, Meimi." Makoto smiled at the younger girl.
"Makoto-mama, are the cookies almost done?" the little girl asked.
"Yeah. You better eat some before Minako finishes them all," Makoto
said teasingly.
"Makoto-mama? Mako-chan... I mean, Jupiter. You're her mom?" Minako
asked, shock spreading through her. Her future self hadn't said a thing about
Makoto having a daughter. Makoto stared at her oddly. "Of course you are,"
Minako said nervously. "I was just kidding."
"You're acting strangely, Venus. Are you sure you're okay?" Makoto
asked.
"Yeah. Like I said, I'm still trying to think about what to do
about Natsuna for tonight."
"Well, if you want to be alone with her tonight, Ai can always spend
the night here with us," Makoto offered.
"Could she? That would be great!" Meimi said happily.
"The kids love playing together, anyway," Makoto gestured at Meimi's
enthusiasm.
'The kids?' Minako thought. 'I really should have spent more time
talking to my future self.' "Umm... Ai?" Minako said, not being able to think
of anything else to say.
"You know, cute little red-headed girl. You and Natsuna's daughter?"
Makoto laughed. "I really hope you didn't forget about her."
Minako's eyes widened in shock. 'My daughter? Why didn't my future
self mention that? Isn't that something I should know? How could she just
forget to mention that?' "Sure, sounds good. Thanks Mako... Jupiter."
"Okay. Meimi and I will go get Ai a little later. I'm sure you and
Natsuna would want to be alone on your anniversary anyway." Makoto gave
Minako a conspiratorial wink in front of the innocent little girl.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Thanks..." Minako said, trying to sound grateful.
"When's Ami-mama getting home?" Meimi asked Makoto.
'Ami-mama? Mako-chan's with Ami? I can't believe it. I really
wasn't ready for this. There's so much I need to know,' Minako thought.
"Pretty soon. Don't worry about it. After she gets home, we'll
go pick up Ai. How's that sound?"
"That sounds good. I hope Ami-mama gets home soon." Meimi looked
thoughtful as she picked up another cookie. "Do you think Shisa and Selene
could come over, too?"
Minako looked up. "Oh, could they? I'm trying to help Hotaru and
ChibiUsa with something and it would probably help if they were alone."
Makoto thought for a moment. "I'll have to talk to Small Lady
and Saturn, but I'm sure that will be fine."
"Really? Thanks, Makoto-mama," Meimi said happily.
"Yeah, thanks, Jupiter. That would help a lot," Minako said.
"Don't mention it. Its nice having all the girls around here
anyway. And it distracts Ami from working too hard," Makoto laughed again.
"I should probably be going," Minako said, standing up.
"I hope you and Natsuna have fun. Good luck with everything today."
"Thanks. Bye, Jupiter. Bye, Meimi." Makoto and her daugher waved to
Minako as she quickly headed out the door.
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"ChibiUsa," Elder Venus whispered, "Small Lady, Saturn are you in
here?" She looked to the two fidgeting girls near the doorway talking to each
other and looking quite frightened. She motioned for Mercury and Mars to come
with her. Surprised that Venus had brought the other senshi with her to the
bedroom they deduced that this was Elder Venus and not the Minako that they
knew.
"Venus-sama, Marsand Mercury," Hotaru asked looking at each of the
senshi. Each looked beautiful grown and matured to the age of twenty six. The
age that each of them would eventually stop aging at when they reached the 30th
century. Mars looked at Venus and then to the two girls.
"Well," she said, "If you hadn't told me I wouldn't of ever guessed. She
does look like Small Lady and Saturn of our time. Are they really from the past
Venus-sama?"
"Well don't look at us like we're sideshow freaks," ChibiUsa yelled,
"We are human beings you know!"
"Odango-chan!" Hotaru cursed, receiving looks from Rei.
"Odango chan," she whispered, "That's what I call...never mind. So you
want to hear from us how we reacted to your coming out?" Hotaru looked at
ChibiUsa and clasped her hand into her own, nodding.
"Well," Mars answered, "It really was the best thing for us all. I
made us realize that you two where grown women, fully capable of caring for
each other. You are 15 years old aren't you? Most of us knew that we cared for
others and didn't know what to do about it. You two had the courage to do what
we never could have at that age. It wasn't until you two started to come out
that I realized my love for your mother Small Lady. Ami started to realize her
love for Makoto and Diana and that friend yours Mamoko felt love for each other
as well. In the end it was the best thing for us all.
"And Venus-sama what about you?"
"I fell in love with my dearest Natsuna, and fully understand what
you and Saturn are going through. Haruka and Michiru and Setsuna-san are all the
parents of you too, remember? How did they react?
"They where proud of us.."
"Right," Venus answered, "And so where we. We are apart of you as
well Small Lady, we are your family you must always remember that."
"Thank you minna-san," Hotaru said, "This was a great help to us,
and our lives. We'll tell Usagi and the others as soon as we get home." Mars got
up to leave and Venus followed behind her. Mercury walked up to them, handing
ChibiUsa a small pen. ChibiUsa looked at it with wonderment and with an unspoken
question.
"Keep this in memorance of this trip Small Lady," Ami said, "So
that you can always remember that we are here for you no matter what." With that
she kissed ChibiUsa and Hotaru on the forehead and walked away.
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ChibiUsa wearily leaned against Hotaru for support. "They understand,"
she said quietly. "They really do understand."
Hotaru smiled gently at the girl she loved. Not only had her parents
approved, but so had their friends. She nodded. "They do. And they're happy
for us."
ChibiUsa smiled back, her hand going up to Hotaru's cheek. All the
worries she'd been having were washed away. She knew things would work out for
them. They're friends and family cared for them, they were married, and they
had two beautiful daughters in the future. No matter what happened to bring
them to that point, it was worth it. Tears lightly clouded her eyes, her
emotions overflowing. "I love you, Taru," she said. The two girls held
each other closely.
"Oh, Odango-chan. I love you so much," Hotaru said softly. Her hand
ran through ChibiUsa's soft, pink hair as her lips met the other girl's. They
kissed passionately, both locked in the feelings of the moment.
They stood holding each other for several minutes, neither wanting the
other to let go. ChibiUsa gently stroked Hotaru's cheek, smiling as the other
girl continued to run her hand through her pink hair.
"Hotaru-chan?" ChibiUsa's voice finally broke the silence.
"Yes?"
"What do you think Rei meant when she mentioned my mom?" ChibiUsa
asked, curious.
"I'm not sure. It doesn't matter, though. We'll find out soon enough.
One day, we'll be here. And you heard Minako. It's not as far as we think."
Hotaru kissed ChibiUsa again lightly.
A smile spread across ChibiUsa's lips. "Yeah. You're right. One day."
The two girls finally let go of each other. ChibiUsa grabbed Hotaru's hand.
"We should probably find Setsuna so we can leave."
Hotaru nodded. "I'm really glad we were brought here," she said.
"Me too," ChibiUsa agreed.
Before they could get very far, they heard footsteps heading towards
them. They turned around when they heard a woman shout for them to wait.
Three women quickly ran up to them. ChibiUsa quickly noticed her mother, Neo
Queen Serenity, and the two other women seemed to be Hotaru and ChibiUsa's
future selves. ChibiUsa's pigtails were longer, but still not as long as her
mother's. She'd grown into a beautiful woman, looking regal in her palace
gown. Hotaru was just a little taller than ChibiUsa, her dark eyes, now
behind a pair of thin reading glasses, no longer carried any of the pain from
her youth.
ChibiUsa's mother smiled at her. "My little girl," she said happily.
"Mom," ChibiUsa gasped. She hadn't seen her mother in several years,
ever since she'd gone back to the past again. She knew Usagi would one day
be her mother, but it just wasn't the same as seeing Neo Queen Serenity again.
ChibiUsa ran up to her mother and hugged her. "Mom, I missed you."
The queen laughed slightly. "I know. I missed you back when you were
gone too. I know you had your reasons, though." She smiled towards Hotaru.
"I'm really happy for you. I'm glad you found someone that means so much to
you. Its more than I could have hoped for when I sent you to the past
to train to be a Senshi."
Serenity held ChibiUsa at arms length and looked her in the eyes.
"There's a lot you have to face before you reach this point in your lives,
but with Hotaru by your side, you'll get through it just fine."
ChibiUsa hugged her mother again. "Thanks, mom."
Hotaru's future self took a step forward. "ChibiUsa, you're just as
beautiful as the day we met." ChibiUsa blushed at the compliment.
ChibiUsa's future self stepped forward as well. "Good luck telling
everyone. Try not to worry about it too much. There are still a lot of
hardships the two of you have to go through, but I wouldn't mind going back
to relive some of the things you have coming up." With an odd smile on her
face she added, "Like the honeymoon."
"ChibiUsa," the future Hotaru said, a smile forming on her lips as
well.
Hotaru looked confused. "Does everyone still call Odango-chan
ChibiUsa?"
The pink haired girl of the future laughed. "No, only Taru still
calls me that, even if I'm not chibi anymore."
Hotaru nodded happily. "That sounds good. I like that name."
ChibiUsa thought for a moment before asking, "What about Shisa
and Selene?"
"What about them?" replied her future self.
"Well, so Hotaru and I... we wind up," ChibiUsa began.
"Yes," the future Hotaru answered, smiling at the girls that had once
been her and her wife. "You wind up having twins."
"But how?" ChibiUsa asked.
"Its confusing," the future raven haired girl said. "But it doesn't
matter. All you need to know is that some day the two of you will have the
twins. And they'll be a big part of your lives. They're a lot to handle, but
trust me, they're worth it."
ChibiUsa and Hotaru smiled at each other and held hands.
"Thank you," ChibiUsa said.
"Thanks for everything," Hotaru added.
Their future selves smiled back at them.
"Don't mention it," Serenity said. "I'm glad you both got to be here,
if only for a brief time, to see that you shouldn't worry so much about the
rest of us. We all care for the two of you."
When the two girls turned around, Setsuna was already standing there.
"Are you read to leave?" she asked them.
"Hai, Setsuna-mama," Hotaru answered.
"Good. Then as soon as we get Minako, we'll leave," the Senshi of time
said. The two younger girls followed after her while they're future selves waved.
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Minako was standing alone on a balcony, looking out over the buildings
in Crystal Tokyo. She sighed to herself. She turned around when she noticed a
shadow near her. She looked over to see Natsuna standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hi. I hadn't noticed you," Minako said, trying to pass herself off
as her future self.
Natsuna smiled to herself. "I know you aren't my Minako. At least not
yet." Minako just nodded, having been caught. "You really shouldn't worry too much
about all of this. You shouldn't fear what your future holds, Minako."
Minako turned around and looked out at the bustling city again. "I'm not
afraid."
"You could have fooled me," Natsuna said.
"Its just that... I wasn't ready for this. I didn't see it coming,"
Minako said quietly.
"Is that so bad?" Natsuna asked her.
Minako thought for a moment before answering. "I don't know. I don't know
what to think right now. This is all so strange."
"I know. If you hadn't come here, things would have happened in their own
time. Instead, you already know what happens between us. You don't understand
how things developed between us, though. I know I'm not what you're looking for
right now, but eventually..." Natsuna paused. "Eventually we fall in love."
Minako laughed a little in spite of herself. "I already knew how you felt.
You made that perfectly clear ever since I was Sailor V. I guess I'm just
surprised at how I wind up feeling. I had no idea."
Minako was shocked when she saw a little girl peeking out from around
Natsuna. Minako looked carefully at the little girl. She had shoulder length
slightly curly reddish brown hair. She looked up at Minako and smiled before
disappearing behind Natsuna again.
"Ai," Natsuna said.
"That's Ai?" Minako asked.
Natsuna nodded. "Yep, that's her. We were on our way to Makoto's. I
knew you were going back soon, so when I saw you out here all alone, I wanted
to say something before you left."
"Really? Thanks, Natsuna. And you too, Ai." Minako smiled to the little
girl as she peeked around Natsuna again.
"Minako?" Minako turned when she heard Setsuna say her voice. "Are you
ready?" Setsuna asked.
"Yeah. I'm ready," Minako said. She looked back at Natsuna and Ai a last
time before rushing over to Setsuna and the two younger girls. Natsuna and Ai
waved to her as Setsuna prepared to send Minako, Hotaru, and ChibiUsa back to
their own time. Hotaru and ChibiUsa weren't too sure who the women and the girl
were, but they waved along with Minako as a bright light engulfed them.
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